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Mark Allen
Freelance Editor; Board member of ACES: The Society for Editing
Mark Allen is an editor by trade and a teacher by passion with 30 years of professional experience working with words (including numbers). After a career on newspaper copy desks, he has spent the past 14 years as a freelance editor. He serves on the board of ACES: The Society for Editing. He has spoken about editing at conferences and at public and private workshops and webinars.
Find him at markalleneditorial.com and editormark.bsky.social.